Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 468 While Her Chosen Awakens

Left in a state of unrest inside her prison, Athenia didnʼt know what to expect to happen next. Now aware of the presence inside of Choux and the soon-to-be-revealed secret of Amedithʼs parentage, was bound to bring a flood–one that could once again wash away the faith the party had in her.

”Maybe itʼs time to tell the truth, after all?” Whispered her clone standing right beside her.

”What are you talking about?” Turning around to face the goddess and her clone, Cassiopeia glanced between the two, all the while Athenia was far too busy trying to see through the possible futures.

As present in the present, the past and the future, the goddess of mockery wanted the best possible outcome to be drawn from the sticky situation. Thus, looking far into the future and following the many branches of possibility, she stumbled on a few answers but the only one that stuck out to her was exactly what her clone had suggested.

”You might be right,” opening her eyes, Athenia glanced sideways at her clone before heaving a defeated sigh. ”Itʼs no use trying to shield them from distractions if the secret behind their parentage becomes a secret, and in turn, a distraction of its own.”

”What are you two talking abou–” Casseopeaʼs words came to a sudden halt as the spirit of Elana channeled through her. Fluttering before her inside the fairy, Elanaria let her presence be known before lifting the fairyʼs head and glaring angrily into Atheniaʼs eyes. ”How many times are you going to mess with the mortal world? First, it was the gifts, then your constant meddling and now a divine part of your body?”

Recognizing who exactly it was who was speaking to her, Athenia leaned forward to get closer to the fairyʼs body.

”I did what I felt was for the best.”

”And do you know what kind of torture that cost me?!” Elanaria screamed into Atheniaʼs face as soon as she was finished speaking. And even as the shocked goddess pulled herself away, Elana was far from finished with what she had to say. ”Theyʼll have me on trial for betraying the heavens and siding with you in a few days, a handful of lesser gods are already on my tail, and I swear had it not been for the skies blanketing over their heads, the goddess wouldʼve condemned me to death that very instant!”

A moment of silence descended on the prisonʼs occupants, but it didnʼt last for long as Athenia couldnʼt keep silent for longer than a few seconds.

”Donʼt you have the largest army amongst all current gods?” Her question only further infuriated the goddess, but she didnʼt stop there and continued to rival her intellectually. ”Not to mention your chosen is possibly the only human capable of rivaling gods if she truly desires and aims to tackle that end.”

Speechless for a few seconds and not because she was stumped but rather by sheer anger, Elanaria huffed and puffed in Atheniaʼs face before taking a deep breath and looking up at her again.

”Iʼm severing all ties with heaven from this day forward, theyʼll hunt me as they have hunted you so donʼt try and provoke them into action,” pausing for a moment to think how sheʼd defend herself in the meantime, Elanaria stumbled on the same advice Athenia had given her. ”Iʼll use my army against the lesser gods when they come to me, but letʼs hope the council members arenʼt gonna pursue me more vehemently once Iʼve scared those bastards off.”

”Talk to Mono too,” having peered into possible futures yet again, Athenia had more advice to shower. And although Elanaria wasnʼt too welcoming of her words at the moment, she let the goddess finish her thoughts. ”Maybe she can turn those stars into soldiers? Theyʼre made of soul and metal after all. Who knows maybe one day that deranged sorceress can build a vessel to house her goddess, as well?”

As far-fetched as the idea was, if there was anyone in the world who could it off–it was the iron queen and that deranged mind of hers. Recognizing that Elana didnʼt want to discount Atheniaʼs advice and wondered if her chosen could truly make her a vessel if the gods do come after her harder.

”Iʼll think about it,” however, for now, she had to leave the prison as the lesser gods were bound to check up on her anytime inside her realm.

Disappearing along with the fairy, Elana left Athenia alone with her clone and in unnerving silence. Reminded of her mistakes and the troubles over the hero partyʼs parentage, she turned her attention to Raven and the rest of the original heroʼs group again. Conjuring the mirror, Athenia peered through it at Raven wandering inside the Booty and Barrels after just being filled in on everything that had happened.

ʼThat girlʼs still in the jewel, Minoʼs bound to tell someone about the book, Erika seems to have forgotten about the damn thing, and Asmodia looks like sheʼs looking forward to the chaos that will soon ensue.ʼ

Gathering as much information as she could as quickly as she could, Athena knew exactly what would happen once Amedith and Raven clashed after the truths were revealed.

And to make matters more confusing, Linkle whoʼs barely survived the shipwreck was just about to teleport inside the inn with Seraphim, Riyanzah and the charred body of their brother. The man was dead but the other two siblings were just as dazed as they were before–however, thanks to the seal that stretched throughout the island, their magic was sealed and thus it was time for Raven to either kill or claim them for himself.

But that would come later, as for now, Athenia turned her attention to Mino and the book that sheʼd been hiding underneath one of the Innʼs beds. The very room the bed was situated in was currently being occupied by Amedith and Liliyana–something fate itself mightʼve had planned.

ʼThis is gonna get ugly.ʼ

At this point in time, even the goddess couldnʼt help but wonder…

ʼWhat kind of curses are on these islands? Nothing seems to go right on these damned things!ʼ

Much like Raven, she amongst many other people wanted off the damned place as soon as possible.